Lasting machine



July 30, 1929 J. c. J ORGEN SEN ET AL 00 LASTING MACHINE I I Filed June 16, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet l Figl.

July 30, 1925i J. c. JORGENSEN ET AL LASTING MACHINE Filed June 16, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet y 30, 1929- J. c. JORGENSEN ET AL 1,722,500

LASTING MACHINE Filed Juhe 16, 1926 s Sheets-Sheet 3 Fig.6 46

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JACOB G. JORGENSEN, 0F BEVERLY, AND TEOTEASELSEELY, OE'MELROSE, MASSACHU- SETTS, ASSIGN'ORS TO UNITE D,SHOE,. MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATEESON,

NEW JERSEY, A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Application filed. June 16,

LASTING MACHINE.

his invention relates to machines for lastlng shoes, the embodiment selected for illustrationbeing particularly adapted for use in lasting shoes of the pre-welt is, shoes in the manufacture of forming the outsole-attachmg tached to the upper befor ed.

in certain of its aspects the It is to be understood, however,

type, that which a welt flange is ate the upper is lastthat invention is adapted for use in the manufacture of shoes in which an outwardly d irected sole-attaching flange is otherwise formed.

In a usual type of pro-welt shoe the welt is attached to the upper'with its inner edge flush with the edge of the upper and the upper is insole, usually having a filler placed over a last on which is an attached thereto, the filler being enough smaller than the insole so that a width of the margin of the insole equal to that of the usual feather is exposed.

In the operation of lasting such a shoe, successive portions of the margin of the upper and of the brought progressively into attached weltare position over the margin of the insole, the edge faces of the upper and into contact with the edg welt being preferably brought the filler,

e race of and each lasted portion is held in position by a temporary tack driven through the welt, upper and insole, being left upstand ng to quent removal.

the head of the tack facilitate its subse- Objects of this invention are to provide a machine by the use of which work of this may be done more conveniently, expeditiously and accurately than heretofore.

Features of organization comprising the invention consist in an fastening-inserting means, a gripper to hold a portion of a soleattaching flange, for example a welt attached to an upper mounted upon a last, in proper relation to the fastening-inserting means to receive a fastening, and about which the a fulcrum member last with an insole thereon is moved to tension a portion of the upper and by movement of the attaching of which the said portion flange and adjacent upper,

for example a portion of the welt and 1ts attached upper, are disposed over the margin of the insole in positi tening from the fastening inserting means to secure said portion to on to receive a fasthe insole in lasted 19%. SerialNo. 116,468.

crum member is normally above the gripper so as not to interfere with the introduction of the stock into the gripper and is moved from that position to a position in front of the gripper, and in a position to engage the shoe bottom, by a preliminary movement of the gripper-operating treadle. After the upper has been seized by the gripper and the fulcrum member has been brought into operative position, the last is pressed against the fulcrum member and rocked to tension the upper, the fulcrum member being moved with and by the pressure of the shoe against spring resistance. Mechanism connected with the fulcrum member determines its path of movement and hence the path of movement of the last and insole relatively to the stock held by the gripper in such a mangiven a movement heightwise and laterally of the shoe, herein shown as .an upward and. inward movement, so that the path of the lastand insole relatively to the gripped portion of the upper is substantially like the path of the upper relatively to the insole when the upper is given an updraw and overdraw movement by means of a moving gripper.

These and other features of the invention, including various novel combinations and relations of parts, will appear more fully from the following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings and will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying thi's invention Fig. 2 is a perspective view pers and the shoe bottom rest or shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side view of parts shown in of the gripi fulcrum stationary pin'58 6).

Figs. 1 and 2 illustrating theinitial stage of the operation on the shoe the shoe being shown in section;

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken at an intermediate stage in the operation;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to 4, showing the final stage;

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of mechanism shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a modified embodiment of the invention; and

Fig. 8 is a view of a shoe after having its sides lasted upon the machine ofthe present invention.

The present invention isshown as embodied in an insole tacking machine of the type disclosed in United States Letters Batent N 0. 1,106,393, granted August 11, 19M, on application of Fred L. Mackenzie, to which referonce may be had for a description of parts the machine not herein fully explained. Briefly, the machine co JPI'lSGS a column 8 on which is a head 9. On the head a tack pot 10 from which a raceway ll leads to a tack nozzle 12, the tacks being separated from the raceway and delivered to the nozzle by rating mechanism located at 13 and operated by a cam 14. A driver 15 on a driver bar 16 which is reciprocated by a cam on the main shaft 18, serves to drive the tacks from the nozzle 12. The shaft 18 is driven by a pulley 20 through a one-revolution clutch 22 which is tripped by a treadle 23 acting through a rod 24.

A supporting member 26 has its rear part held between the head 9 and column 8. To the forward end of the member 26 is adjustably attached by a screw 28 a jaw 80 which is preferably toothed. The jaw 30 is notched to receive the nozzle 12 and is located with its toothed face in the same longitudinal plane as the lower end of the nozzle A lower jaw is beveled at its forward end to adapt it to enter the welt crease of a shoe ant adjustably held by a screw 42 to a jaw lever which is fulorumed on a bolt 46 and has its rear end in the path a setscrew 48. carried by a stud 50 which is on a vertically movable slide 52 by movement of which the clutch is tripped. The slide 52 is connected by the rod 24 to the treadle When the 40 slide 52 is moved downwardly by depres sion of the treadle, the screw 48 en the rear end of the jaw lever 44 and moves it on its fulcrum 46 to cause the jaw 40 to appr ach the jaw 80, a yielding quality being imparted to the grip of the jaws by the flexibility of the thin arm of the jaw lever 44; that is. after the engage the stock the rear end of the lever will bend to permit enough further movement of the slide 52 to trip the l..tch. The jaw 40 is moved downwardly the treadle is released by a spring 54 connected between a pin 56 on the jaw and The pivotbolt .lhis screw is of the aw 40 passes through a rocking member 60, later to be referred to, through the jaw lever 44 and has a reduced portion 43 which passes through a bracket member 62 and then through a slot 64 in the member 26. A cap screw 66 passes through a slot 68 in the member 26 and is threaded into the bracket member 62. The bracket 62 may thus be adjusted vertically by loosening the screw and the nut on the bolt 46. Tighten ing of the nut 65 will not bind the rocking member 60 and jaw lever 44 because the shoulder formed by the reduced portion 43 of the bolt engages the member 62 and binds only the bracket and the supportin member together. The adjustment of the bracket vertically varies the position of the lower jaw of the gripper relatively to the upper and enables the jaws to be maintained parallel when closed upon welt stock of varying thickness.

A bottom rest or fulcrum member 70 is located in front of the nozzle 12 and gripper jaws 30 40, and has a normally raised posit (Fig. 1) so as to facilitate the introduction of a welt or sole attaching flange be tween the rripper jaws. The member T0 is held by a screw '4" 2 to the forward end of an arm 74, the arm being slotted to provide for rent of the member 70 toward and from tne shoe. The crooked shape of the arm 2 4, as shown in Fig. 2, is for the purpose of avoiding any possible interference of the arm with the manipulation of the shoe. The in' zoz portion of the arm 7 4 is in two branches i6. 78 2), one of which, 76, carries 2 roll 80 which engages a cam slot 82 in the ting member 60. The other branch '58 of the arm 74 is pivoted by a pin between bifurcations of a short lever 86 pivoted at 88 to ears 90, 92 on the bracket 62. The rear end of the le 86 is connected by a spring 94 to a block 95 on a two-part treadle rod the low-r portion 96 of which is connected to the sai'ne treadle 23 as the clutch-tripping and gripper-operating rod 24. The upper portion 98 the treadle rod is pivoted on a stud 160 carried by the rocking member 60. The two parts 96, 98 of the treadle rod pass through a hole in the block 95 and are adjustably held together by a set-screw 102. The block 95 may be adjusted up or down on'the rods 96, 98 to vary the tension of the spring and hence the amount of resistance offered y the fulcrum member 70 to movement by 1: shoe.

A shoe upper a is prepared by sewing a welt b to its margin, the inner edge of the welt being preferably flush with the edge of the upper. An insole (Z, having a filler f attached to it, is tacked to the bottom of a last 0 and the prepared upper is placed over the last and aojusted into proper position thereon. The operator then presents the shoe to the machine by putting a portion of the welt F) be tween the jaws 30, while the parts arein their normal position, as shown in Fig. 1, where it will be seen that the rest member 70 is in raised position so as to facilitate the introduction of the welt between the jaws. The operator will then depress the treadle which acts, through the rod 24, to operate the jaw lever 44 to close the jaws and at the same time, through the treadle rod 96, 98, to swing the rocking member on the bolt 46. This causes the cam slot 82 to act on the roll 80, the slot being so shaped that the roll is depressed, the forward end of the arm carrying the rest member therefore swinging downwardly about the pin 84. This brings the rest member to the position shown in Fig. 3 where the lasting operation begins. The shoe is moved by the operator from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 4, the member 70 acting as a fulcrum about which the last is rocked and offering resistance to movement of the shoe to cause lasting tension to be applied'to the upper. As the member 70 moves in response to pressure of the shoe, it guides the shoe in an upward and inward path, the same relative movement between the last and upper being thus effected. as is usually done by movement of a lasting gripper relatively to the last, that is, y updraw and overdraw movements of the gripper. The fulcrum member 70 finally reaches the position shown in Fig. 5 where the insole of the shoe has been brought substantially into the plane of the welt held by the gripper with the edge faces of the upper and welt engaging the edge face of the filler on the insole. This lasting operation having been completed, the treadle is further depressed to trip the clutch and cause a tack to be driven through the welt and upper into the insole and last to hold the upper temporarily in lasted position. The described path of the fulcrum member 70 is controlled by the move-- ment of the rear branch 7 8 of the arm 74 as determined by the oscillation of the short lever 86 about its pivot 88 which is resisted by the spring 94. In this movement the arm. 7 4 has a fulcruming movement about the roll combined with a rearward bodily movement due to the movement of the pin 84 from the position above and to the left of the pin 88 to a position substantially beneath it. During the latter part of the movement of the treadle 23' to trip the clutch. the consequent further movement of the rocking member 60 has no effect upon the fulcrum member 70 as the part of the slot 82 which then acts upon the roll 80 is concentric with the bolt 46. The operation described is, of course, repeated on successive portions of the upper to work t is upper progressively over the insole upon the last.

In Fig. 7 is shown a modified form of the invention whereby the fulcrum supporting arm 7 4 may, when desired, be swung relative- 1y tothe gripper andtackerintoaninoperative position out of the way of the tacker nozzle so that the tacking machine may be used for other purposes, such, for example, as the attachment of an insole toa last. As shown, the fulcrum supporting arm is made in two parts 104' and 106 which are pivoted together at 108, the two parts being formed with projections rearwardly of the pivot 108. One projection 110 is on the part 104 and the other 112 is on'the part 106. A screw 114 is threaded through the projection 112 in position to engage the projection 110 to limit movement of thepart 104 relatively to the part 106 in a clockwise direction. The screw 114 is held normally in contact with the projection 110 by a spring 116 held between pins 118, 120 located respectively on the parts 104, 106 and arranged so that the line of tension of the spring falls rearwardly of the pivot 108. In this construction the portion 104 of the arm may be swung clownwardly about the pivot 108 until the tension line of the spring 116 falls in front of the pivot 108, whereupon the spring will tend to hold the arm in its inoperative position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7. The other parts of the construction here shown and the mode of operation are the same as those already described.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon. a last presented bottom up to the machine, the combination of a gripper for seizing a portion of the upper and holding it in fixed relation, and a member for engaging the insole, said member being movable upwardly by pressure of the shoe against it to enable the margin of the insole to be brought into lasted, relation to the gripped portion of the upper.

2. In machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last the combination of a gripper for seizing the margin of the upper, and a member arranged to enthe bottom of the insole, said member being movable upwardly and inwardly to enable the margin of thesole to be located beneath and against the margin of the upper.

3'. In a machine for progressively working an upper having a sole attaching flange over an insole upon a last. the combination ofa gripper havingone of its jaws in fixed position, means for operating the movable aw to seize the sole-attaching flange of the upper, and a member engaging the shoe bottom about which the shoe may be rocked to tension the upper about the last and which is movable with and by the shoe in a manner to effect positioning of the margin of the upper and the sole-attaching flange in lasted position over the shoe bottom.

, 4. In a lasting machine, the combination of means for holding a marginal portion of an upper in fixed position, a movable rest adapted to be used as a fulcrum about which a last maybe rocked to tension the upper, and means for guiding the rest for movement having two components in a vertical plane to position an insole on the last relatively to the upper with the upper in lasted position over the margin of the insole.

5. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a gripper having one of its in fixed position, a treadle for operating the movable jaw to seize a portion of the margin of the upper. a movable fulcrum member engaging the shoe bottom about which the shoe may be rocked to tension the upper, a spring resisting movement of the fulcrum member by the shoe, and a link connected to the fulcrum member to cause it to move laterally of the shoe as it is moved height ise of the shoe.

6. 'In a machine for progressivel working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of fasteningdnserting means, means for holding a portion of the upper in position to receive a fastening from the fastening-inserting means, a bottom rest to engage the in- ,sole adjacent to the fastening-inserting means, and means permitting upward and inward movement of the rest by pressure of the shoe to bring the margin of the insole into position to receive a fastening inserted by the fastening-inserting means.

7. In a lasting machine, the combination of fasteninginserting mechanism, a gripper having fixed relation to the inserting means, a-movable shoe bottom rest arranged to engage the insole of a shoe presented bottom up to the rest, means for closing the gripper, and means for uiding the bottom rest when the shoe is pressed against it to cause an insole on the last to be brought into proper lasted relation to the portion of upper held by the gripper and into position to receive a fastening driven through the upper and into the bottom face of the insole from the fastening-inserting means.

8. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a gripper for seizing a portion of the margin of the upper, a member adjacent to the gripper for engaging the shoe bottom, said member being movable with and by the shoe against resistance to cause lasting ten sion to be applied to the upper and to cause the margin of the upper to be disposed over the margin of the insole, and means for securing the upper in lasted posit-ion to the ,shoe bottom.

9. In a machine for lasting shoes, the combination of means for gripping the margin of an upper, means constructed and arranged for engagement with the outer face of a sole upon a last about which the shoe is movable to effect relative movement of the upper and the v sole, means for inserting fastenings through the upper and into the sole to secure the upper in lasted relation to the sole, and a single controller movable by the operator to operate the gripper and to initiate the operation of the fastening-inserting means.

10. In a machine for progressively Work ing an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a gripper for seizing a portion of the upper and holding it in fixed position, a fulcrum member movable relatively to the gripper and about Whichthe shoe may be rocked to tension said portion of the upper, said fulcriun member being movable upwardly and toward the gripper to cause the margin of the insole to be located in lasted position relatively to the tensioned portion of the upper, and means for securing the upper to the insole in lasted position.

11. In a machine for lasting shoes, the combination of means for gripping an up per constructed and arranged to remain stationary after the engagement of the upper by the gripping means, means disposed for engagement With an insole upon a last positioned bottom up adjacent to the grip ped portion of the upper, means constructed and arranged to permit movement of said insole-engaging means to enable the margin of the insole to be moved relatively. to the portion of the upper held by the grippingmeans so that the upper will be disposed in lasted position over. the bottom of the insole, and means for inserting a fastening through the upper and into the bottom face of the insole to secure the upper in lasted relation to the insole.

12. In a lasting machine, the combination of a gripper, means movable by the shoe for effecting relative movement between an upper and an insole on a last held against said movable means to enable the upper and insole to be brought into proper lasted relation, means for inserting fastenings through the upper and into the insole to secure the upper in lasted position, and manually movable means for operating the gripper and for init-iating operation of the fastening-inserting means.

13. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a gripper for seizing successive portions of the margin of the upper, a movable member for engaging the shoe bottom adjacent to the gripper, a spring for opposing movement of said meniber with and by the shoe to cause lasting tension to be applied to said portions of the upper by bodily movement of the last inwardly of the machine, and means for securing successive portions of the upper to the bottom face of the insole after they are brought into lasted position. 14. In a machine for progessively Wor mg an upper over an insole upon a last pre sented bottom up to the machine, the combination of a gripper for seizing and holding an outwardly extending portion of the 1nargin of the upper substantially in a horizontal plane, a member for engaging the shoe bottom adjacent to the upper, said memher being movable with and by the shoe upwardly, means for yieldingly opposing such movement of said member to cause lasting tension to be applied to the gripped portion of the upper, and means for securing said portion of the upper in lasted position to the insole.

15. In a lasting machine, the combination of a gripper having a fixed position, a shoe bottom rest normally away from a position in front of the gripper to facilitate the introduction of the margin of a shoe upper into the gripper, and manually operated means for first closing the gripper and then moving the bottom rest into operative position in front of the gripper to serve as a fulcrum about which the shoe may be rocked to tension the upper held by the gripper.

16. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a gripper for holding a portion of the upper, a rest for engaging the insole, said rest being normally away from the opening of the gripper to facilitate introduction of the upper into the gripper jaws, and means for supporting the rest on two pivots about one of which it is moved to operative position and about the other of which it is movable with and by the shoe to enable the margin of the insole to be brought into lasted relation to the gripped portion of the upper.

17. In a lasting machine, the combination of a gripper, a bottom rest which is normally in a position away from the gripper to facilitate the introduction of a portion of a shoe upper in the gripper, means for moving the rest into position to engage the bottom of an insole on a last and to serve as a fulcrum about which the last may be rocked to tension the upper, and mechanism permitting movement of the rest with and by the shoe to enable the insole on the last to be moved relatively to the upper held by the gripper and the upper to be disposed in lasted position over the bottom of the insole.

18. In a lasting machine, the combination of a gripper having a fixed position, a shoe bottom rest normally away from a position in front of the gripper to facilitate the introduction of a portion of a shoe upper into the gripper, and manually operated means for moving the bottom rest into operative position to serve as a fulcrum about which an insole on a last may be rocked to tension the upper held by the gripper and to locate the insole with its margin beneath the tensioned portion of the upper.

19. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the.

combination of a fixed gripper for holding a portion of the upper, a movable member engaging the bottom of theinsole', fastening-inserting means in fixed relation to the gripper, manually controlled means for closing the gripper and for bringing the movable member into operative position in front of the gripper, and means for guiding the member as the shoe is rocked against it to cause relative updraw and overdraw movements between the insole and the upper.- 20. In a lasting machine, an upper-seizing gripper and a member for engaging the shoe bottom normally located above the gripper to facilitate introduction of the upper into the gripper jaws, means for supporting said member for movement about two centers, manually operated means for closing the jaws and shifting the shoe-bottom-engaging member about one center to bring it int o operative position, and means for applying resistance to upward movementof the said member about the other center to cause lasting tension to be applied to the upper by the gripper, ,said means being constructed and arranged to impart a component of movement to said member inwardly toward the gripper to cause relative movement of the upper and shoe to cause the upper to be positioned over theinsole.

21. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a gripper for seizing a portion of the upper, a member for engaging the shoe bottom normally located above the gripper for facilitating introduction f the upper into the gripper aws, means for closing the jaws and for shifting the shoe-bottom-engaging member downwardly, and means for applying resistance to upward movement of said member to cause lasting tension to be applied to the gripped portion of the upper when the. last is pressed against it, said means being constructed and arranged to impart a component of movement to said member inwardly toward the gripper tocause the margin of the insole to be brought into lasted relation to the upper held by the gripper.

' 22. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole on a last, a gripper arranged to seize an outwardly extending sole-attaching flange of the upper, a member for engaging the shoe bottom normally located above the gripper to facilitate introduction of the upper into the gripper jaws, manually operated means for closing the jaws and shifting the bottom-engaging member downwardly, a spring for resisting upward movement of said member to cause the lastingtension to be applied to the upper by the gripper when the shoe. is rocked on said member, and

" means constructed and arranged to impart means,

components of upward and inward movement to said member to cause the margin of the insole to be positioned in lasted relation with respect to the sole-attaching flange.

23. In a machine for lasting shoes, the combination of means for gripping the margin of an upper, means comprising a t-readle for operating the gripping means, a fulcrum member normally'out of position in front of the gripping means, means operated by said treadle for bringing the fulcrum member into position so that a last and insole thereon may be rocked about said member to tension the portion of the upper held by the gripping means for inserting fastenings through the tensioned upper and into the in sole to secure the upper in lasted relation to the insole, and means controlled by said treadle for initiating the operation of the fastening-inserting means.

24. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a fixed gripper, a movable fulcrum member normally removed from position in front of the opening of the gripper, a tacker in fixed relation to the gripper, manually controlled means for closing the gripper, means for bringing the fulcrum member into operative position in front of the gripper, and means for guiding the fulcrum member as the shoe is rocked against it to cause relative movement between the last and the upper to dispose the margin of the upper in lasted position with respect to the margin of the insole.

25. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a fixed gripper, amovable fulcrum member, a taeker in fixed relation to the gripper, manually controlled means for closing the gripper and bringing the fulcrum member into operative position below and in front of the gripper, means for guiding the fulcrum member as the shoe is rocked against it to cause relative updraw and over-draw movements between the margin of the insole and the upper of the shoe, and means controlled by said manual means for initiating operation of the tacker to secure the upper in lasted position to the insole.

26. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a gripper for holding a portion of the upper, a fulcrum member for engaging the shoe bottom, said member being normally out of position in front of the gripper to facilitate introduction of the upper into the gripper jaws, means for supporting the fulcrum member on two pivots about one of which it is moved to operative position and about the otherof which it is moved by pressure of the shoe to guide the shoe relatively to the gripper, and spring means for opposing movement of the fulcrum member by the shoe to cause lasting tension to be applied to the gripped portion of the upper and to cause the margin of the insole to be brought into lasted relation to the gripped portion of the upper.

27. In a machine for progressively lasting pro-welt shoes, the combination of a gripper for holding a portion of the welt, a shoe rest which is normally in a position away from the gripper to facilitateintroduction of the welt into the gripper jaws, means for moving the rest into position to engage the shoe bottom and to serve as a fulcrum about which the shoe may be rocked relatively to the gripper to tension the upper, and mechanism permitting movement of the rest with and by the shoe to enable an insole on the last to be moved relatively to the welt and adjacent portion of the upper held by the gripperso that said portion of the upper will be disposed in lasted position with respect to the margin of the insole.

28. In a machine for progressively lasting pre-welt shoes, the combination of a tacker and a gripper having fixed positions, the gripper being adapted to hold a welt attached to an upper in position to receive a tack from the tacker at the inner margin of the welt, a shoe bottom rest normally away from position in front of the gripper to facilitate introduction of the Welt intothe gripper, manually operated means for moving the bottom rest into operative position to serve as a fulcrum about which a last and insole maybe rocked relatively to the gripped-welt to position the margin of the insole beneath the portion of the felt which is to receive a tack from the tacker, and manually controlled means for initiating the operation of the tacker.

29. In. a machine for progressively lasting pre-welt shoes, the combination of a gripper having a fixed position and adaptedto hold a portion of a welt attached to an upper, a shoe bottom rest normally away from a position in front of the gripper to facilitate introduction of the welt into the gripper, and manually operated means for first closing the gripper upon the welt and then moving the shoe bottom rest into operative position in front of the gripper to serve as a fulcrum about which an insole and last-may be rocked to tension the portion of the upper attached to the portion of the welt held by the gripper.

30. In a machine for progressively lasting pre-welt shoes, the combination of means for holding a portion of the welt and its attached upper in fixed position, a movable rest adapt ed to be used as a fulcrum about which a last having an insole thereon may be rocked to tension the upper, and means for guiding the rest for movement having two components in a vertical plane to enable the margin of the insole to be positioned relatively to the upper with the upper in lasted position over and against the margin-of the insole.

31. In a machine for progressively lasting pre-welt shoes, the combination of means for gripping a portion of a welt attached to an upper constructed and arranged to remain stationary after the welt is gripped, means adjacent to the gripper arranged for engagement with an insole upon a last, means constructed and arranged to permit movement of said insole-engaging means to enable the margin of the insole to be moved relatively to the portion of the upper held by the gripper so that the upper will be disposed in lasted position over the insole, and means for inserting a fastening through the welt and upper and into the insole to secure the upper in lasted relation to the insole.

32. In a machine for progressively lasting pre-welt shoes, the combination of a gripper for holding a portion of a welt attached to an upper, means movable by engagement with an insole on a last to enable the margin of the insole to be brought into lasted relation to the portion of upper attached to the portion of the welt held by the gripper, means for inserting fastenings through the welt and upper and int-o the sole to secure the upper in lasted position, and means for operating the gripper and the fastening-inserting means.

33. In a machine for lasting pre-welt shoes, the combination of means for gripping a portion of a welt attached to an upper, means constructed and arranged for engagement with the outer face of an insole upon a last about which the last is movable to effect relative movement of the upper and insole, means for inserting fastenings through the welt and upper and into the insole to secure the upper in lasted relation to the insole, and a single controller movable by the operator to close the gripper and to initiate operation of the fastening-inserting means. 7

3a. In a machine for progressively lasting pre-welt shoes, the combination of means for gripping the margin of a welt attached to an upper, means comprising a treadle for operating the gripping means, a fulcrum member normally out of position in front of the gripping means, means operated by said treadle for bringing the fulcrum member into position so that a last having an insole thereon may be rocked to tension the portion of the upper held by the welt in the gripping means, means for inserting a fastening through the welt and tensioned upper and into the insole to secure the upper in lasted relation to the insole, and means controlled by said treadle for initiating operation of the fastening inserting means.

35. In a machine for progressively lasting pre-welt shoes, the combination of fastening inserting means, a fixed jaw adjacent to the fastening-inserting means, a pivoted movable jaw cooperating with the fixed jaw, and provision for adjustment of the plvot of the movable jaw to maintain the gripping surfaces of the jaws parallel when different thicknesses of welts are gripped. I

36. A lasting machine having, in combination, a lasting gripper, a shoe bottom rest, said rest being pivoted for movement into and out of operative relation to the gripper, and means comprising a tensioned spring arranged to act on one side or the other of the pivot of the rest for holding the rest in either its operative or inoperative position.

37 In a lasting machine, the combination of fastening-inserting means, a gripper having fixed relation to the inserting means, a movable shoe bottom rest, means for closing the gripper, and means comprising a pivot and a tensioned spring for holding the rest in positionconstructed and arranged to permit the bottom rest to be moved relatively to-the fastening-inserting means and to the gripper into an inoperative position and to hold it in that position so that independent use may be made of the gripper and the fasteninginserting means.

38. In a machine for progressively working an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a fixed grippena movable fulcrum member, a tacker in fixed relation to the gripper, manually controlled means for closing the gripper and bringing the fulcrum member into operative position below and in front of the gripper, and means permitting movement of the fulcrum member into an inoperative position without affecting the operation of the gripper and tacker.

39. In a machine for progressively lasting pre-weltshoes, the combination of a gripper for holding a portion of a welt attached to an upper, a fulcrum arranged to engage an in sole on a last to enable the margin of the insole to be brought into lasted relation to the portion of upper attached to the portion of the welt held by the gripper, means for inserting fastenings through the welt and upper and into the sole to secure the upper in lasted position, and means permitting the fulcrum to be swung into inoperative position without affecting the operation of the gripper and fasteninginserting means.

40. In a machine for progressively work ing an upper over an insole upon a last, the combination of a gripper for seizing a portion of the upper and holding it in fixed position, a fulcrum member movable relatively to the gripper and about which the shoe may be rocked to tension said portion of the upper, and means operating as a resultof the tension applied to the upper to cause the margin of the insole to be located in lasting position relatively to the tensioned portion of the upper.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

JACOB o. JORGENSEN. THOMAS H. snnnr.

CERTIFICATE or CORRECTION,

Patent No. 1,722,500. Granted July 30, 1929, to

JACOB, C. JORGENSEN ET AL.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows; Page 1, line 34, after the word "this" insert the word "kind"; page 3, line 53, for the word "latter" read "later"; page 6, line 100, claim 28, for "felt" read "welt"; and that the said Letters Patent should he read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 22nd day of July, A. D. 1930.

Wm. A. Kinnan, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

